Rubix Project Ashland (AK Steel Ashland Works)

2.0 GW AI data center in Russell, KY, United States — announced.

Rubix Project Ashland (AK Steel Ashland Works) is a 2.0 GW AI data center project located in Russell, KY, United States, currently announced. It is being built by Rubix Data Centers. The estimated build cost is $12.0B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across KY, United States — covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

Rubix (Submer Group) has a $55 million purchase agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs for the former AK Steel Ashland Works brownfield, planning a 2-gigawatt facility on the ~500-acre site (about 300 acres in Russell, 110 in Boyd County, 100 in the City of Ashland); the purchase deadline was pushed from Aug. 31 to Sept. 25, 2026, and Russell and Boyd County moratoriums run through December 2026. The Lexington Herald-Leader (2026-07-22) reported the campus as a $12 billion, 2 GW project.

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